Hawaiian_Royal_Centers_Holua

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File Name: Hawaiian_Royal_Centers_Holua.csv

Description: General locations where royal centers and sled tracks (holua) have been reported in the Hawaiian Islands. To mask the locations of archaeological and cultural sites points are derived from placenames in the general area of features from the Geographic Place Names for the State of Hawaii from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

Layer Type: Point

Data Source: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm

Publication: McCoy, M.D. 2018. Celebration as a Source of Power in Archaic States: Archaeological and historical evidence for the Makahiki festival in the Hawaiian Islands. World Archaeology.Volume 50, Issue 1.

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SITE_TYPE: Indicates if location is assocaited with a royal center or a holua (sled track). Only 19 out of 35 holua represented in this dataset.

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Currentness & Update Notes: McCoy, M.D. (2018). Celebration as a Source of Power in Archaic States: Archaeological and historical evidence for the Makahiki festival in the Hawaiian Islands. World Archaeology (Special Issue: The Archaeology of Celebrations). Volume 50, Issue 1.